ISSN:
1573-8744
Keywords:
pharmacodynamic modeling
;
digoxin
;
bradycardia
;
effect compartment model
;
concentration
;
response
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract Digoxin-induced bradycardia in dogs was used to evaluate several pharmacodynamic models. Digoxin plasma concentrations and response were monitored in beagle dogs administered either 0.05 or 0.025 mg/kg of digoxin iv as an infusion over 5 min. The models investigated were the linking model, the linear model, the effect compartment model, and the inhibitory model. Regression procedures for investigating the effect compartment model were conducted with Emax (the maximal response, where response was the percentage decrease in heart rate) as a variable with an upper bound of 100%, with a constant value of 100%, or alternately with a constant value equal to the maximal observed reponse. Based on statistical criteria the effect model using Emax, as a variable was found to be the best model for describing digoxin-induced bradycardia. For the effect compartment model, CPss(50) (concentration at steady state that will produce 50% of the maximal response) ranged from 3.8–9.8 ng/ml; δ (exponent describing the steepness of the concentration-response relationship) ranged from 0.6–7.1. The implications of these models in understanding concentration-effect relationships are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01059089
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